Research Interests
Glaciology; Mass & Energy Balance; Micro-Meteorology; Geophysical Methods
Climatology; Climate variability in high mountain regions; Climate change topics
Fellowships and Grants
World Glacier Monitoring Service: National Correspondent for Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Station Manager of Station Hintereisferner for the Project INTERACT
Projects
LAT­TICE: Land-ter­mi­nat­ing ice cliffs in North Green­land: pro­cess­es, divers and their rela­tion to regional cli­mate
INTERACT: International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic
Climate-glacier relationship on Mount Kenya
hiSNOW
Mass Balance of Kesselwandferner
Mass Balance of Hintereisferner
Hintereisferner - an Open Air Laboratory

Experience

  • –present
    Senior Scientist, Ice and Climate, University of Innsbruck

Contact Rainer for

  • General
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  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision